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as well as storage, oiling is limited to long haul delivery routes Egg Storage at Home: Cold, Still, Sealed Egg quality deteriorates as much in a day at room temperature as in four days under refrigeration, and salmonella bacteria (p 83) multiply much faster at room temperature So it’s best to buy your eggs cold — out of the cooler, not off an open shelf — and keep them cold Agitation thins the white, so an inner refrigerator shelf is preferable to the door An airtight container is better than the standard loose carton at slowing moisture loss and the absorption of odors from other foods, although it accentuates the stale flavor that gradually develops in the eggs themselves Bought fresh and treated with care, eggs should keep for several weeks in the shell Once broken open, they’re far more susceptible to spoilage and should be used promptly or frozen Storage Position Does it make a difference what posture we store our eggs in? Studies in the 1950s found albumen quality to decline more slowly in eggs stored blunt end up, and many states adopted this as the official position for packing egg cartons Studies in the 1960s and ’70s, when retailers began to stack the cartons on their side to display the top label, found that posture doesn’t affect albumen quality Eggs that are stored on their sides give somewhat bettercentered yolks when hard-cooked, perhaps because both yolk cords fight equally against gravity Freezing Eggs Eggs can be stored frozen for several months in airtight containers Remove them from the shell, which would shatter, as its contents expand during freezing Allow some room for expansion in the containers, and press plastic wrap onto the surface to prevent freezer burn (see p 146) before ... many states adopted this as the official position for packing egg cartons Studies in the 1960s and ’70s, when retailers began to stack the cartons on their side to display the top label, found that posture doesn’t... several months in airtight containers Remove them from the shell, which would shatter, as its contents expand during freezing Allow some room for expansion in the containers, and press plastic wrap onto the surface to... stored on their sides give somewhat bettercentered yolks when hard-cooked, perhaps because both yolk cords fight equally against gravity Freezing Eggs Eggs can be stored frozen for several months in airtight containers